Jhonattan Vegas takes helicopter to The Open, barely makes his tee time

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Jhonattan Vegas plays his shot from the third tee during the first round of the 147th Open Championship at Carnoustie Golf Club on Thursday in Carnoustie, Scotland.

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Vegas' visa expired the same day he was set to travel to the UK

He arrived for his tee time with two hours to spare

(CNN)The 1986 film "Clockwise" starring Monty Python actor John Cleese tells the story of a clock-watching headteacher's journey to chair an important conference thwarted at every turn.

Golfer Jhonattan Vegas has found himself in a similar time loop over the last week.

He was supposed to arrive at Carnoustie last week in preparation for the British Open. Instead, he arrived by helicopter just two hours before his tee time Thursday on little sleep and without his golf clubs.

"As long as I had a shot of making it, I was going to go for it," Vegas said after his round, in which he shot a five-over-par 76.

"Playing this even feeling awful feels good. I'm sure if you tell anyone in the world, hey you can have the chance to win The Open Championship even if you show up two hours before tee time, everyone in the world would take it."

That face when you realized you visa to the UK is expired the same day you were supposed to travel. La cara cuando te das cuenta que tu visa al Reino Unido está vencida el mismo días que viajas. 😡😡🤬🤬🤬😡😡 pic.twitter.com/lztAcLUNN0

Vegas, who was born in Venezuela and now lives in the US, learned that his visa had expired the same day he was supposed to travel to the UK.

He tried to expedite the visa renewal process, but that got delayed. Then there were flight woes. Vegas said in a tweet Tuesday that because of weather in New York, he might need to find another flight.

Everything seems to be against me to get my visa and make @TheOpen. First, @UPS mechanical problem and passport is running late and second, weather thru NYC and flight is delay. Probably need to find another flight. 😩😩😩😡😡😡😡😡🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬